Great Apes

Written by Will Self, adapted by Patrick MarmionDirected by Oscar Pearce

14 Mar 2018 to 21 Apr 2018Arcola Theatre, London

'I want my life back now. Feel human again. Homo erectus.'

When Turner Prize-winning artist Simon Dykes wakes up one morning after a wild night out, he finds his world has changed beyond recognition. His girlfriend, Sarah, has turned into a chimpanzee. And to his horror, so has everyone else. Immediately rushed to hospital, Simon is taken into the care of charismatic radical psychiatrist Zack Busner and treated for being under the psychotic delusion that he's human.

Great Apes is Will Self's hilarious, disturbing and dazzlingly original take on man's place in the evolutionary chain.

This raucous new stage adaptation from Patrick Marmion (The Divided Laing) mixes razor-sharp language with movement and puppetry, journeying into the mystery of what it means to be a human being.